Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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School zone speed limits take effect Sept. 1
While students aren't due back in classes until Tuesday, the City of Saskatoon is warning drivers school zones will be active starting Friday morning. The 30 km/h zones in front of schools will run fr...
Aug 31, 2017
Police investigate possible shooting in Exhibition area
There was a heavy police presence in Saskatoon's Exhibition neighbourhood Thursday afternoon as officers investigated a possible shooting in the area. Police said in a release they responded to a repo...
Aug 31, 2017 Saskatoon police officers with the gang unit geared up with a battering ram after a shooting on St. Charles Avenue on Aug. 31, 2017. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Sask. MP Gerry Ritz retires from federal politics
Longtime Saskatchewan MP Gerry Ritz is calling it a career in Ottawa. The 20-year parliamentary veteran announced his retirement from politics Thursday morning, leaving as one of the longest serving C...
Aug 31, 2017 Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz announced his retirement on Aug. 31, 2017 after 20 years in the House of Commons. (Gerry Ritz/Facebook)
Man threatens police with stick, gets hit with taser
Saskatoon police used a taser on a man early Thursday morning after finding him sleeping in bushes off a roadway on the western edge of the city. According to a release, the police airplane spo...
Aug 31, 2017
Fire ban issued for all Sask. provincial parks
People visiting Saskatchewan's provincial parks over the Labour Day weekend won't be able to enjoy a traditional campfire. The province has issued a ban on open fires in every provincial park for the ...
Aug 31, 2017
No charges over premier's dinner protest in Saskatoon
No one will face criminal charges in relation to a large protest outside a Saskatchewan Party fundraiser in April. Hundreds of people blocked entrances to Prairieland Park ahead of the premier's dinne...
Aug 31, 2017 Protesters against the 2017 provincial budget blocked entrances at Saskatoon's Prairieland Park ahead of a a Saskatchewan Party fundraiser on April 27, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Pelican Narrows evacuees hunker down in Saskatoon
Evacuees from Pelican Narrows were in Saskatoon Wednesday, preparing to wait out the forest fire situation threatening their homes. Earlier this week, community leaders urged Pelican Narrows residents...
Aug 31, 2017 Ken Custer stands in front of the Henk Ruys Soccer Centre in Saskatoon on Aug. 30, 2017 after evacuating from his home in Pelican Narrows, Sask. due to nearby wildfires. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Air quality statements for Sask. amid wildfire smoke
Forest fire smoke continued to drift around Saskatchewan Thursday, prompting Environment Canada to issue air quality statements for much of the province. Smoke from wildfires burning in the province's...
Aug 31, 2017 A map showing weather alerts for Saskatchewan as of 5 a.m. on Aug, 31, 2017. Grey areas were under air quality advisories. Areas in red had heat warnings in effect. (Environment Canada)
Advance polls set to open in Saskatoon Fairview byelection
People in Saskatoon-Fairview can begin casting ballots as a provincial byelection campaign for the riding comes into its final week. Voters can head to advance polling stations at Confederation Mall s...
Aug 30, 2017 Advance voting for the Saskatoon Fairview byelection will be held at Confederation Mall in Saskatoon. (Daniella Ponticelli/650 CKOM)
Sneak peek of exhibit coming to new children's museum
A major feature coming to the new PotashCorp Children's Museum was revealed on Wednesday. The new museum is slated to take over the former Mendel Art Gallery building in downtown Saskatoon in the spri...
Aug 30, 2017 Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam's Harmonic Motion (2013) at Museum d’Arte Contemporanea Roma (Roberto Boccaccio/Enel Contemporanea)
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